Line composing and casting machine.



B. CADE.

LINE COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED 1530.5, 1912/ Patented Jan. 13,1914.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO.5, 1912.

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AP7LIOATION FILED 10110.5, 1912.

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LINE GOMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.5.1912.

Patented Jam 13 1914.

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LINE COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.6, 1912.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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LINE GOMPOSING AND GA STING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.5, 1912.

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LINE GOMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.5,1912.

Patented Jan 13, 1914.

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LINE oomrosrxc AND casrme-macnmnp 2b all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Barrios CADE, a citrzen of the United States, residing at Shelby,

in the county of. Cleveland and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Line Composing and Casting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

* The present invention relates to improvements in line composing and casting machines of-the-type wherein the type bar's or.

slugs are castdirectly from the matrices, and

, the primary object of the'invent-ion is to provide a simplified and improved machine of, this character which avoids the complication and expense of the matrix circulating and distributing mechanisms, the matrices .ac-

, cording to the present invention being sup-;

ported by matrix carriers which are operative to bring the matrices selected by the.

-keybdard 'to the assembling, alining and casting poing-the machine embodying the present invention having improved matrix,

, selecting means which enables the keyboard posed-line.

to be manipulated to compose a line while a' castis being made from the previously com-;

-Knother' object of the'ir'iventionis to pro-i -vide .arelatively simple and compact machine fivhichis capable of containing at one time a plurality of fonts of matrices anyone of which fonts maybe readily brought into:

use.

' To these and' other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements, andcombinations-and arrangements of parts,-all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the. novel featu'resbeing pointed out particularly in the'claims at the 'end of the specificatiom;

In the accompanying drawings F1gure' -1 represents a side elevation ofa line com posing and casting machine constructed in accordance with the present invention; F 1g.

' 2'represcnts"a central longitudinal section of the machine shown in Fig 1; Fig. 3 represents on an enlarged scale a trahsversesection of the machine as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4 represents on an enlarged scale 21 'section of the machine on the line 4 of Fig.

1: Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the matrices removed from its carrier;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the cam members for operating certain parts of the machine at appropriate intervals; Fig. 7. i a fragmentarysectional View of a portion ofthc'machine showing the manner in which Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed Decembcr 5, 1912 Serlal No. 735,157.

the settin of the matrix selecting pins-is" transferre to the cooperative set of stop.

Fig. 8 1s a perspective view ofa or pins; I I tion of the stop for the matrix carriers; ig. :1 represents an enlarged sect-ion on the line 9-9 of Fig. 2 and 100 in toward the ri ht;

Figs. .10 and 11 are detai views of the s ift mechanism -for. setting the matrix selecting carriage to operate in"the selection of matrices belonging to difi'erent'fonts; Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic section of thematrix selooting and arresting pins with the cooperative escapement carriage and matrix carrier, the parts in this figure being shown in normal position; Fig. 13 is a viewsimilar to. Fig. 12 showing .one of the-matrix selecting pins, however, in actuated position; F ig, 141s a-aliagramm'atic view showing the frame for the matrix selecting? pins in shifted position and the matrix arresting pins in correspondingly set position; Fig; 15

pins in, reset and restored position, and one of the actuated matrix arresting -'pins'co-, operative withthe stopto'position the selected matrix at theassemblmg point; Fig. 16 is a perspective view of a portion .of the escapement carriage showing certain details thereof ;--Fig: 17 is a erspegtive view of a side member of one of the resettin mechanisms; Figs. 18 and 19 are detail i'ag'ramshows diagrammatically the mat-rixselecting matic views showing the mode ofoperation of the member 18 in releasing the matrix carriers; Fig. 20 is a diagrammatic view showing a modified construction adapted to in connection with matrix carriers in the form of endless chains or belts.

be use Similar arts are designated b the same! reference c niracters in the severa views.v

One embodiment of the invention is shown in theaccompanyin drawings and will be hereinafter described in detail, but it is to be understood that this-embodiment of the invention is shown and described as an example of one form of the invention b "the aid of which the principles thereof Wlll be may be used to carry out the principles and to produce the results of the invention with in the scope of the claims at the end of the specification.

In the present instance, the machine 'embodies a suitable casing orframe comprising side members 1 'and the supplementallsec tion 2, the latter containing or servihg as a support for -the keyboard mechanism, A

explained, and that equivalent constructions '2 re i s;

. rices to the assembling point after the commatrix carryingrings, when the line of mat-- rices is presented to the mold. In 'order toposing of the line has been completed, and to restore the matrices to initial or normal position after a cast has been made from the previously assembled matrices. In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to a inclusive, a series of concentric axially alincd matrix carriers 5 are provided which cooperate frictionally with the periphery of the drum 4.- whereby the latter may rotate these carriersandthereby bring the selected matrices to the assembling point. These matrix carriers 5.

are assembled in axially spaced relation on the periphery of the drum and between the side members 1 of the casing or frame, each matrix carrier embodying substantially'a ring formed witha suitable mun-- her of radially arranged slots 6 to slidably receive the stems 7 to which the matricos. 8 are fixed, the matrices projecting in radial relation from the-peripheryof each matrix carrying rin and the selected matriccs. are 'capable of. ing projected beyond the remain1ng nfat-rice's onythe respective provide for the projection or extension of the, selected matrices beyond the remaining matrices on the respective carriers, each matrix is provided with an aperture 9 "which extends through the body thereof and is adapted toreceive an alining and shifting bar as will be hereinafter described. A'

retaining ring 10 may be provided to retain the various matrix stems 7 in proper relation with their respective matrix carriers, and rings 11 may be interposed between the matrix carriers adjacent to their inner cireumferences for the purpose of maintaining the carriers in proper spaced'relation. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, each matrix carrier bears matrices belonging-to a plurality of fonts. For example,'in the present instance, each matrix carrier is divided into four sections 0,12, 0, and cl, these sections containing four- .fonts of matrices. Each matrix carrying 'ring is also'providedwith a set of arresting. stops 12, 13,-14 and 15, such stops corresponding to and being or fonts of matrices.

ing action produced thereon bythe continuous' rotation of the-drums, by a series 01 stopslti, one for each matrix carrier. the

stops shown being pivoted on the shaft 17,

- 20 is provided for each matrii; ,earrier, these each stop having a spring pressed latch 18,

ithe stops being adapted toarrest the matrix carriers in a predetermined position, with all of the matrices bearing like characters in aliaement. The stops 16, however, are adapted to cooperate only with the stops 12 of the respective matrix carriers, the stops 13, 14 and 15 being capable of passin the stop 16 freely or without cooperating -t erewith, and to produce this result, as well as to enable the keyboard to be set so as to select matrices from any one of the different fonts, the stops 12, 13, 14 and 15 are of ggaduated lengths, the stop 13 for instance 'ing the short .st, the stop 14 being longer than the stop 3, the stop 15 being longer-than the, stop14, and the stop 12 ein longer than: the stop 15, the steps 16 being so ad- ..justed thatwhen they are operated-t0 re lease the stops 12 of the di erent'niatrix carriers, the latter 'maycomp'lete a full revo-v;

lutidn before they are againarrestedby the engagement of the StOPSlG with the steps 12 thereon. A weight';19- is provided qvhich serves to move each stop 16.,,into. ope eve position and to retain it in such position The arresting of the'difiere n t matrix car s riers to position the selectedmatrices there which set ea-amas the construction shown, a'Yse 'f stop p'ins stop pins corresponding fiir miinbrand arrangemcnt to the numbei and arrangement of each set of matrices onthe IOSPQCiITtYQ'Illfltrix carrier,the pins in The presentinstance '105 being arranged radially with tliej 'sha-ft' as an axis ancl'they are guidedand'supported by a segmental frame 21, "the "ends of this frame being supportedfland guided'' by the side member-s1 of'the ca s'ing of the machine, the frame 21 being movable insube stantially the direction indicated by the line :c-y of Fig. 2. These. ins 20 are individually movable ,longitudinallyi in the frame 3! and n'ormaliy all of. these pins iue retracted and willc'lear the stop pins 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the respective matrix carriers, although when any one ofthepins'20 is actuated or moved towardjthe' shaft 3. it

will assume a positionin the path of one of the stops on the respective matrix earl'lCl', thereby arresting the movement of this particular matrix carrier at the pointavhere the selectedmatrix thereon will be presentel to theassemhling point. After each line of malriccshas been assembled, such pins 20- as were previously actuated are restored in order to avoid intcrference withthe next assembling aeration- In the. construction shown,-a set. of restoringbarsr22 are pro-j vided, these bars cooperating withshoulders spective si members of the frame and are provided with rollers 26. In Figs. 12 and 13,;the pins 20 are in normal position, while in Figs. 14 and 15 one of these pins is shown iinlactuated posit-ion and one of the pins is shown "engaged by the arresting stop on the corresponding matrix carrier.

The arrest-ing pins are set from the keyboard through the medium of a set of selecting pins 27, these'. selecting pins being grouped in sets, one for each set of arrests ing pins 20, and they are arranged radially that they may be shifted a longitudinal direction and in alinement'with the respective sets of pins .20. These selecting pins 27 are carried by a frame 28 and they'are so mounted with respect to this frame, and they also may be shifted bodily the key oard during t lineyand a transfer pins 27 to the arrestl transferred to the shiftin shiftabe frame .28 is guided by the side with the frame 28, the present construction contem lating a'settin ofthe pins-27 from he composition of the of the setting from the g pins 20, this operation being effected by shifting the frame 28 bodily-toward the frame 21, thereby bring: ing the pins 27 into. cooperative relation with the'pins 20, and such pins 27 as have 7 been actuated will cause actuation of the respective pins 20 as shown in i 13 and 14, the remaining pins being una ected by this operation. For this purpose the members 1 of the main casing so as to move in the .direction indicated by of Fig.- 2, and springs 29 may be employed to normally. retain the frame 28 in retracted position. In order that the setting of the pins27 of the shiftable 'frame 28 may be pins 20, suitable means is employed for retaining the pins 27 in set position with; sufficient force to enable them to actuate the pins-20 when the frame 28 is shifted, friction springs 30 being shown for this purpose in the present instance. A set of resetting bars 31 is also provided for the' pins 27, these resetting bars cooperating with the shoulders 32 of the respective pins,

and the resetting bars 31 are actuated by I side frames 33, the latter having radial ex-' in the directensions 34 which are movable tion indicated by the line m-y in Fig. 2 and they are equi ped with actuating rollers 35.

. L The contro l1ng stops 16 are preferably released by the'frame 28, as the latter moves the setting-of the For this purpose',.a sto isattached to-and 'trave "coniposing -frame 21 after transferring .pins 27 to the .p

releasing bar 18f s withQthefmOva-ble away from the sees -.1 remeasgwhaaeasmegma individually and in the line :v-y

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age, thisba r-be' g alsbj-fcone,

therewith, and pass the latches 18 when mov ing toward the right,.le aving the stop undisturbed, and wheii" the frame 28 shifts toward the left, the'bar 18 will cooperate with the latchand release the stop, as shown trave with the comzontally in a slot formed in the carrier 28, as shown in Figs. 18 and 19. The vertical tical slot in the carriage 36 permitsthe carrier 28 to shift dia na1ly.or in the direction indicated by t e arrows in Figs. 18

tion-between thecarriage 36 and the bar 18 as to shift the bar '18 horiqontally with the. composing carriage as the composition has a. straight horizontally ex'- in Fig. 7

i is drawn ,over the tending portion which eft-hand latter travels toward the right, the portion of the bar 18 working freely through an opening in the left-hand'side of the machine when the composing carriage is in normal the composition of a line.

which is tive relation with each set of these pins 27. In the construction provided which is guided to reciprocate in a direction axially of the shaft 3, this carriage in the present instance having a base 3Pwhich cooperateswith a'guide 38, the latter extending parallel to the shaft'3 whereby movement of the carriage in a direction axially of this shaft is produced. The carriage supports a set of correspond in number and the pins 27 of each set, these plungers being to the carriage andeach plunger is provided with an actuating arm 40 which has aspline connectedjtoi the respective the wires: 44 whereby depressionof any key and 19, although maintaining such a connecof a line progresses. This bar 18, as shown- Theselectingpins 27 are set in composing the lineof matrices by a traveling carriage positioned successively in coiipera:

plungers 39 which arrangement to guided to reciprocate radially with respect key levers 43. by

cause rotation of' its corresponding-shaft" arena such shaft {will Q 1 diagrammatically; in Figs. 18and 19. 'As I arran 'ed in different ited play vertically in a'slot in the body of the carriage, and this shank is slidable hori-.

play of the shank ofthe bar 18 in the verstops 16 by the composing carriage as the position before commencing connection withrajmrres onding. operatingafts 41 are rota-y mounted in therespective s de memrockits respective arm 40 to push inwardly its respective plunger 39, and this operation will take place irrespective of the position of the carriage owing to 'the spline connectionbetween the shafts 41 and the different plunger-s. As each plunger 39 is pushed inwardly, it actuates its corresponding matrix selecting plunger 27 and the setting of the plnngers 2? is transferred to the plungers in the manner hereinbeforc described.

Suitable means is provided whereby the carriage will receive a step-by-step movement, moving from one set of matrix selecting pins "27 to the next adjacent set. In the present instance a cord or cable 45' is attached't'othe carriage and provided with a weight 4:; which acts to feed the carriage "automatically toward-the right as the composition of the line progresses. This traversin'g movement of the carriage, however, 17S controlled by a. suitable cscapement mechanism, that shown embodying a rack 46 which 1s's\ntably supported by the. machine and .coiiperatcs alternately with a pair of "escapeinent dogs it and 48, the dog 47 being pivoted to the base 37 of the carriage by the pin 4-5), while the dog 48 is pivoted in superposed relation'to the dog 47 by the pin 50, and a spring 51 serves to return the pivoted dog 48 to operative position after eachactuat ion of the escapement. The dogs 47 and 48 are rotated;about"the pin- 49 each time a key-of the keyboard'is actuated, a pair of operating arms 52'being provided forthe .escapel re itwhich are connected by thelinks "5?, tie a bail 54- and the latter coiipera-tes with the'slolted links 55 which are attached to the dill'crent key levers 43. By this arrangement, the carriage will hift one space, that is to say, from one set of matrix selecting pins 27 to the next adjacent set of pins 27, after the keyboard is operated for the selection of each matrix.

To enable tln same keyboard to be used in selecting composing matrices from any one at the fonts i tjthe machine, the carriage is shittable in a manner-which enables the keyboard to push the plungers 39 inwardly \lill'erent distances whereby the arrestingpius 20 will (UtlPOl'illC with the ap n'opriate stop 19,13, 1-1 or 15 as the case may be; In

the present instance, the guide 38 for the wedges. are eornumted to the keys (35, (it; and

67, and by depressing any one ofthese keys, the correspmiding wedge will be; drawndownwardly, thereby causing the guide '38 of the carriage to be shifted diagonall and thereby adjusting the "distance between'the '70 carriage and the matrix selecting pins-27. I By adjusting the carriage in this ri'n'anner, the etl'ective strokes of-the plungersn39 are adjusted and as the arresting pinstQO are shifted through different distahcesdeter: mined by different degrees, the pins -27-,are shifted, so it is obvious that the pins 20 will eo'o'perate with the particular'stop on the matrix carrier corresponding to the font adjusted nearest to the pins 27, the 20 -will have the maximum movements and, these pins will therefore coiiperate with the stop pins 13, and when the carriage is adjusted at its greatest distance fron'iihe pins 86 27, the latter will have the shortestl -s t'rokes i and hence the pins 20 willbe extended to the minimum distance and these pinsawill then permit thestopslfl, 13 and 14 to 19888 thembut will coijperate with the longestfar 9o resting stops 12 on the matrix carriers' In tcrmediate positionso'f the carriage 36 will cause the pins 20 to .coiiperate with the'pins 1-1 and15 of intermediate lei gth. a"

Different means -may be 'rovijdedior 9-5. shifting the frame-28" to trans lfthesettiilgf i of the pins 27 tothe pins QOandjto' actuate y.; the resetting-bars 22 alid 31. In the pres nt. I instance, a elutch'rfifi is provided on the shaft 3 and at each side of the machine cits-" ing, this clutch bearing'ali arm (36 which is adapted to coiiperate with a cam 67 which is attached to the frame28, the arm 66opcrating to draw the frame 28 inwardly or. toward the shaft'3, once during each revolution of the clutch. Theclutch membe1j-- l also bears a cam 68- whi eh is adapted to-cooperate with the roller attached to the resetting. frame 33, the cam 68 operating once during-each revolution of the-clutch to--;

move the frame 33 from theshaft 3 whereby the resetting bars 31 are caused to abut against. the shoulders 32 of the pins .27, thereby restoring these pins to normal position with respect, to the frame 28. The 116 clutch member also bears a cam ('39 which is, arrangedto cooperate with the roller 26, the; latter being attached to the resetting frame 21 for the pins 20, this. cam 69 operating once during each revolution of-thecclutch to 120 move the resetting bars 22 into engagement with the shoulders 23 .of the pins 20, thereby restoring the latter to initial position." This clutch may he controlled-by a key 1ever 70 adjacent to the keyboard, the motion of the clutch being automatically interrupted after it has completed one revolution and performed its cycle of operations by any suitable clu t eh-disengaging device, that sh own embodying a. stop pin 71 carried by No. 1,035,416 granted August the line of assembled matrices the clutch and arran ed to cooperate with a stationary throw-o wedge 72.

The means for assemblinv and alining the matrices and for moving them to the casting point may be of any suitable construction, that shown corres ondin substantially with that disclosed fully in iette'rs Patent 13, 1912, it embodying briefly an assembling and alinin}; bar 73 which is movable transversely of and extends through the apertures 9- therein, this bar being moved through the apertures in the ahnedmatrices by the gear 74 fixed to the shaft 75, the latter bearing a pinion 76 which cooperates with a reclprocating rack 77, the latter being connected by' a pitman 78 toa crank 79 and the latter being connected by the mutilated gears 80 and S1 to the shaft 82, the latter being-connected by the sprocket chain 83 to the sprocket wheel 84, the latter being-attached to and controlled in its operation by' the clutch 65.

' Theline of composed and assembled matthesemembers being periodically cated by crank shafts 87, and these crank rices are alined by the alining bar 73 and are then drawn outwardly with respect to' their carriers by movement of the alining bar toward the mold 85, such movement of the alining bar being produced by the members 86 acting on the opposite ends thereof, ,recipro shafts are rotated at intervals by a sprocket chain 88 coiiperative with a sprocket wheel 89 'on each-end of the shaft, the sprocket chain cotiperatingwith a sprocket wheel 90 fixed to" a counter'shaft 91, thellatter having a mutilated gear 92 fixed thereon which cogear 93 on the p After the'line of com-' osed and assembled matrices has. been s ifted toward the mold by the alining liar as 1; which connects them and the member 96' 73, the line is brought to the required length bythe ap roaching movement of'the vise jaws. 94 w ich are operated by a screw 95 then operates to expand the wedge spacers in the line. The mechanism just described and which serves to alinethe composed matrices, .to shift the alined matrices into cooperative relation with. the mold, to bring the'line of matricesto the required l'ength, and to'expand the wedges, is fully disclosed in Letters Patent aforesaid and further illustration and description thereof in the a present application is deemed unnecessary.

Instead of mounting the matrices on circular carriers as previously described, these matrices may be mounted on carriers in the form ofendless chains or belts,'Fig. 20 show-.

ing such an arrangement, wherein sprocket chains '97 are employed,' these sprocketchains passing over a pair of spaced sprocket wheels 98and -9 9 and these sprocketlchains are rotated in an anti-clockwise direct-ion by the shafts 100 -and 101. Four sets of matrices 102, 103, 104 and 105 are carried by each chain and each chain is also provided with a set of four stops 106, 107, 108 and 109, these stops being of graduated lengths and are adapted to coiiperate with'the arresting pins 110, the latter in the present instance being arranged in a rectilinear direction and are supported by a suitable frame 111. The longest stop 106 is arran d to cooperate with a catch 112, the latteri eing pivoted at 113 and having an arresting rail 114 thereon. The arresting pins 110 are set by the matrix selecting pins 115, the latter being in this instance also arranged in a straight line and they are movablylmounted in a shiftable' frame 116, the latter being held normally in retracted position ,by springs 117, and the frame 116 has an extension 118 to cooperate with the.catch 112 to disenga stop 106 w en the frame 116, together with, the pins 115, is shifted into cooperative relationwith the-arresting pins 110. The matrix selecting pins 115are set/from the keyboard through the medium of the plungers 11? carried by a carriage 120, the latter having a base 122. p The operation of aline composingand casting machine constructed in. accordance 'withthe present invention may be briefly 121 which cooperates with a guide the rail llithereof from the described as follows: Normally, the parts 00- cupy the position shown in Fig. 2, the drum 4 revolving-continuously in the direction indicated by the arrow while' the matrix car riers are prevented from rotating with the drum 4 by reason of the engagement'of the stop 16 with the stop 12 on the difierent matrix carriers.- Manipulation of the key-- board will cause theplungers 39 of the mov able carriage to flsuccessively actuate the matrix selecting pins 27,'the carriage moving from one row of matrix selecting pins to the next row thereof after one pin in each row has been actuated, .When a. line has bcen' cgmposed, manipulation of the keyboard is interrupted and the clutch member 65 is set into operation by manipulation-of the key 70. This clutch member will then operate to shift the frame 28. carryin 27 toward the frame 21 bearing t e pins 20, the frame 28 shifting in the direction indicated by the line ;'vy o f Fig. 2. As-the pins 27 are held in the positions in which they have been set by the plungers-39, movement of the frame 28- toward the frame 21 will the pins.

cause those pins which have been actuatedthe various carrier's,'and t e latter to actuate the corresponding pins 20, causing suchpins to project, into the path of the-ape propriate stop on the respect-me matrix car-- rier'. The-movement: of the frarn'e 28 in a direction away from the frame 21 'causesthe stop 16 to. disengage from the sto 5 121cm are then caused to rotate by reason of their frictional engagement with the drum 4, and these matrix carriers will rotate until the re spective stops thereon have encountered the actuated pins 20, whereupon the rotation of the matrix carriers will be arrested. This v operation serves to bring the selected matrices to) the assembling point ad acent to the mold. The frame, together with the pins 27, may then be restored and the pins 20 and 27 reset, thereby enabling the keyboard to be manipulated to compose another line while the previously composed line is being alined and brought to the mold before the casting operation. Continued operation of the clutch member 65 causes the alining bar 73 to enter the assembled line of matrices and then to shift the assembled line of matr'ices into cooperative relation with the mold, the vise jaws then closing to gage the length of the line, and the spacers in the line are then expanded after which the east can be made in the well known manner, and after the clutch member 65 has completed a revoluti0n,-its rotation'is automatically interrupted.

I claim as m invention f L In a mac ine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers bearing sets of matrices, matrix sclecting mechanism cooperative therewith embodying a setof arresting pins for each matrix carrier and means for simultaneously 4 setting the pins for the differentcarriers in arresting position, and means coiiperativc with the matrix carriers for moving the matrices thereon to and from the assembling points i I -2. In a line composing and casting machine, the combination of matrix selecting mechanism embodying a plurality of sets of arresting pins and means for setting pins of the difierent sets simultaneously, a set of matrix carriers, means tending to move the matrix carriers past the selecting mechanism, and. means for holding the matrix carriers in cooperative relation with the sclecting mechanism. 8. In a line composing and casting ma-- chine, the combination of matrix selecting mechanism embodying a plurality of sets of arresting pins and means for setting pins of the different sets simultaneously, a plurality of matrix carriers, means acting on the matrix carriers to carry them past the selecting mechanism, and stop mechanism for positioning the matrix carriers in 00- operative relation with the selecting mechanism.

4. In a line composing and casting machine, the combination of matrix selecting mechanism embodying a plurality of sets of arresting pins and means for setting pins 'of the different sets simultaneously, a pluralit-ylof matrix carriers, means acting on past the assembling point, means for posi-' tioning the matrix carriers in cotiperative relation with the selecting mechanism, and means for arresting the movement of the matrix carriers underthe control of the se lecting mechanism and with the selected matrices at the assembling point.

5. In a line composing and casting machine,thc combination of matrix selecting mechanism, a set of matrix carriers, the selecting mechanism being 'shiftable bodily toward and from the matrix carriers, means on the matrix carriers toimparta circulating movement thereto, means for arresting the movement of the matrix carriers in cooperative relation with the selecting mechanism, and means controlled by the shifting movementof the selecting mechanism for positioning the selected matrices at the assembling point.

6. In a line composing and casting niaehine, the combination of matrix selecting mechanism, a plurality of matrixcarriers,

matrix carriers in cooperative relation with the selecting mcchanism. i I

7 In a line composing and casting machine, the combinatioi-i of matrix'selecting mechanism embodying sets of arresting pins and means for simultaneously setting pins of the different sets, a set of carriers hearing matr iees,. means tending 'coustantlyto impart a circulating movement-to thematrix carriers, means for holding the matrix carriers in cooperative relation with the selecting mechanism, and means on the carriers cooperative with the arresting pins of the sclectii'ig mechanism for positioning the selected matrices at the assembling point.

8. In a line composing and casting machine, the combination of matrix selecting mechanism embodying arresting pins, a plurality of imltrixcarriers, each bearing a stop to cooperate with said pins, means for imiartin a circulatirm movement to the maing pins of. the different sets according to.

the setting of the selectin pins.

11. In a machine of tie class described,

- the combination of a plurality of matrix quent setting thereo? carriers, a plurality of sets of arresting pins cooperative therewith to position the selected matrices on the carriers at the assembling oint, keyboard mechanism, and matrix seecting pins adapted to be set by the keyboard to select the matrices and cooperative with the arresting pins to simultaneously position arresting pins of diiierent sets accordin ly.

12. fn a'machine of the class drieribed, the combination of a pluralitybf matrix carriers, arresting pins cooperative therewith to position selected matrices on tln arriers at the assembling point, keyboard mechanism, and matrix selecting pins adapted to be set by the keyboard to select the matrices and shiftable bodily into cooperative relation with the arresting pins to simultaneously set the latter accordingly.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, arresting pins cooperative therewith to position selected matrices on'th'e carriers at the assembling point, keyboard mechanism, matrix selecting pins adapted to be set by the keyboard according to the selection of matrices, means for shifting the selecting pins at one operation into cooperative re ation with the arresting pins to .set the latter accordingly, and means for restoring the selectin pins to permit subseby the keyboard. 14 In a machine of the class described, the combination of .,a. plurality of matrix carriers, arresting pins adapted to cooperate with said carriers to position the se-' lected matrices thereon at the assembling point, keyboard mechanism, matrix selecting pins adapted to be set by the keyboard according to the selection of the matrices, means for moving the matrix selecting pins after being set by the keyboard into cooperative relation with the arresting pins to simultaneously setthe latter accordingly, and means for restoring the arresting and selecting pins. I I

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, means tending to impart a circulat ing movement thereto, arresting pins adapted to cooperate with said carriers to position the selected matrices thereon at the assembling point, keyboard mechanism, matrix selecting pins adapted to be set by the keyboard according to the selection of matrices, the selecting pins being shiftable into cooperative relation-With the arresting-pins to set the latter accordingly, and means re-' leasable by the shifting movement ofthe matrix selecting pins for positioning-the matrix carriers incoopcrative relation with the arresting pins.

7 16. Im-a machine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers each bearing a plurality of fonts of matrices and having a set of stops of graduated lengths projecting therefrom, arresting pins adapted to be projected different distances to cooperate with any one of said stops, keyboard actuated mechanism for projecting the arresting pins, and means for adjusting said m e chanism whereby the same will pro ect the arresting pins di erent dis-v tances according to the font in use. p

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit nesses. I

BAYLiJs cams. WVitnesscs:

O. A. BATEMAN, Tnoams L. JENKINS. 

